I dont know what it is about fall that puts me in the mood for cooking and baking...but today was a sure a busy one!

We had some very ripe banana's, so I made a couple loaves of banana bread. I will freeze one and take the other to share at work tomorrow.

While looking up the banana bread recipe on the Taste of Home website, I found another recipe for muffins that included directions for pre-mixing the dry ingredients for 4 batches. When I am ready to make the muffins, I just mix in eggs, milk and butter + fuit if desired. So I mixed up a nice big batch of the dry mix. The directions show that these can be made with just about any fruit...I love blueberrys, raspberries, bananas, etc and will be giving those a try.

I cooked my oatmeal for my breakfast for the next three days and it is in the fridge ready to go in the morning.

Tonight for dinner we had a Costco lasagna that I had in the freezer. There are plenty of leftovers for a couple of lunches.

The hub is officially unemployed now...until Friday. He leaves on Tuesday for Alaska. He has spent the weekend packing and getting all his stuff ready to go. Needless to say, hes 'uber excited'.

School starts tomorrow. I am taking two classes this term, so I will need to focus even more than usual- this will be a test to see if I can juggle more school with my job- which is another reason I was motivated to get the food figured out for the week.

Then again, I want to try to stick to a food plan and budget while the hub is gone. It should be easier for me to do since it will just be me and the houseguest. I plan on taking breakfast and lunch most of the week...and to make our dinners at home. Feels like Im off to a good start!

Busy, productive day!